Description
This volume takes stock of the rapid changes to the law of unjust enrichment over the last decade. It offers a set of original contributions from leading private law theorists examining the philosophical foundations of the law. The essays consider the central questions raised by demarcating unjust enrichment as a separate area of private law - including how its normative foundations relate to those of other areas of private law, how the concept of enrichment relates to property theory, how the remedy of restitution relates to principles of corrective justice and what role mental elements should play in shaping the law.
About the Author
Robert Chambers is Professor of Law at University College, London. He is the author of Resulting Trusts (OUP, 1997) and is currently writing a volume in the Clarendon Law series on Trusts law. Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at King's College, London. He is the author of The Law of Contribution and Reimbursement (OUP, 2003) and Subrogation, Law and Practcice (OUP, 2007), he is currently writing a practitioner text on the law of unjust enrichment for OUP. James Penner is Professor of Law at University College, London, specialising in the philosophy of property and private law. He is the author of The Idea of Property in Law (OUP, 1997) and The Law of Trusts (6th ed. OUP, 2008).
Reviews
...the real strength of this book lies in the diversity of the analyses contained within, which will be of use to practitioners and academics alike as they attempt to chart the course of restitution and unjust enrichment in the years to come. Many of the papers have a comparative flavour, giving them an international relevance * Benedict Semple Wray, King's College London, Trust Law International 23.3 *
The essays in this collection greatly advance our understanding of what lies begind unjust enrichment, its elements and its structure * AP Simester, Univeristy of Cambridge and National University of Singapore, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199567751
Author Robert Chambers
Format Hardback
Page Count 472
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 861g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 163mm * 31mm
About the Author
Robert Chambers is Professor of Law at University College, London. He is the author of Resulting Trusts (OUP, 1997) and is currently writing a volume in the Clarendon Law series on Trusts law. Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at King's College, London. He is the author of The Law of Contribution and Reimbursement (OUP, 2003) and Subrogation, Law and Practcice (OUP, 2007), he is currently writing a practitioner text on the law of unjust enrichment for OUP. James Penner is Professor of Law at University College, London, specialising in the philosophy of property and private law. He is the author of The Idea of Property in Law (OUP, 1997) and The Law of Trusts (6th ed. OUP, 2008).
Reviews
...the real strength of this book lies in the diversity of the analyses contained within, which will be of use to practitioners and academics alike as they attempt to chart the course of restitution and unjust enrichment in the years to come. Many of the papers have a comparative flavour, giving them an international relevance * Benedict Semple Wray, King's College London, Trust Law International 23.3 *
The essays in this collection greatly advance our understanding of what lies begind unjust enrichment, its elements and its structure * AP Simester, Univeristy of Cambridge and National University of Singapore, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199567751
Author Robert Chambers
Format Hardback
Page Count 472
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 861g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 163mm * 31mm
